Dear all
Welcome to issue 23.1 of European Business Review – an interesting and highly-topical special issue on "Business research in Brazil and Latin America". You will find the table of contents and guest editorial below.
Dr Martyn Lawrence
Senior Publisher
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article Title: International co-operation of Ibero-American countries in business administration and economics research: Presence in high-impact journals
Authors: Guillermo Cardoza, Gastón Fornés
Article Type: Research paper
Keywords: Business administration, Economics research, International cooperation, Portugal, South America, Spain
Pages: 7-22
Article Title: Brazil-focused publications in leading business journals
Authors: Somnath Lahiri
Article Type: Research paper
Keywords: Authorship, Brazil, Emerging markets, Publications, Research
Pages: 23-44
Article Title: Determinants of corporate debt maturity in Latin America
Authors: Paulo Renato Soares Terra
Article Type: Research paper
Keywords: Capital structure, Data analysis, Debts, South America
Pages: 45-70
Article Title: Understanding how the strategy formation process interacts with the management of complex work
Authors: Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda, María Teresa Canet Giner, Fernando Juan Peris Bonet
Article Type: Case study
Keywords: Corporate strategy, Management strategy
Pages: 71-86
Article Title: Evaluation of competitiveness in ceramic industrial districts in Brazil
Authors: Valmir Emil Hoffmann, F. Xavier Molina-Morales, M. Teresa Martínez-Fernández
Article Type: Research paper
Keywords: Brazil, Ceramics, Competitive strategy, Resource management
Pages: 87-105
Article Title: Development of non-local competences in foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals
Authors: Felipe Mendes Borini, Maria Tereza Leme Fleury
Article Type: Research paper
Keywords: Brazil, Competences, Multinational companies, Subsidiaries
Pages: 106-119
Article Title: Impact of globalization: The ability of less developed countries' (LDCs') firms to cope with opportunities and challenges
Authors: Gabriel Baffour Awuah, Mohamed Amal
Article Type: Conceptual paper
Keywords: Competitive strategy, Developing countries, Globalization, Small to medium-sized enterprises
Pages: 120-132
GUEST EDITORIAL
(Mohamed Amal, Goran Svensson)
Among the emerging economies, Brazil has been playing a growing role not only in Latin America but also on a global level increasing its participation in world trade and international flows of investments. This special issue brings together, on an international
scale, research on the “business model” of Brazil and other “business models” in Latin America.
This special issue consists of a selection of distinguished contributions as follows.
The first paper is entitled “International co-operation of Ibero-American countries in business administration and economics research: presence in high impact journals”. It is co-authored by Guillermo Cardoza (Instituto De Empresa Business School, Spain)
and Gaston Fornes (University of Bristol, UK and ESIC Business and Marketing School, Spain). This article analyses patterns of international co-operation in economics and management research between Ibero-American countries and between these countries and the
USA and Europe.
The second paper is entitled “Brazil-focused publications in leading business journals”. It is authored by Somnath Lahiri (Illinois State University, USA). This article studies conduct an overview of Brazil-focused publications that appeared in leading
business journals between 1990 and 2008 by highlighting and ranking contributions of individual authors and their affiliating institutions, summarizing types of research, research topics and theoretical perspectives, analyzing citations received by different
articles and developing agenda for future research.
The third paper is entitled “Determinants of corporate debt maturity in Latin America”. It is authored by Paulo Renato Soares Terra (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). This article tests the main theories of corporate debt maturity in
a multi-country framework, in an attempt to understand country-specific constraints.
The fourth paper is entitled “Understanding how the strategy formation process interacts with the management of complex work”. It is co-authored by Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda (Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Brazil), MaríaTeresa Canet Giner and
Fernando Peris Bonet (both Universitat de València, Spain). This article analyses how the strategy formation process takes place studying the relevance of the integrative perspective and the use of the variables rationality, implication and vision; And, verifying
the relationship between an integrative strategy formation process and the management of work and the consequences of this relationship in terms of performance.
The fifth paper is entitled “Evaluation of competitiveness in ceramic industrial districts in Brazil”. It is co-authored by Valmir Emil Hoffmann (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil), F. Xavier Molina-Morales and M. Teresa Martínez-Fernández (both Universitat
Jaume I – Castellón, Spain). In this article, the competitiveness of the Brazilian ceramic tile industry is evaluated using a conceptual model that we developed which integrates two contemporary approaches: industrial districts and the resource-based view.
The sixth paper is entitled “Development of non-local competences in foreign subsidiaries of Brazilian multinationals”. It is authored by Felipe Mendes Borini (Escola Superior de Propaganda E Marketing, Brazil) and Maria Tereza Leme Fleury (FGV-EAESP,
Brazil). This article focuses on whether factors responsible for the existence of non-local competences in emerging multinationals are different from those of traditional multinationals.
The seventh paper is entitled “Impact of globalization: less developed countries’ (LDCs) firms ability to cope with opportunities and challenges”. It is co-authored by Gabriel Baffour Awuah (Halmstad University, Sweden) and Mohamed Amal (Universidade Regional
de Blumenau – FURB, Brazil). This article contributes to the debate on the impact of globalization on competitiveness of firms in LDCs.
We wish that you – the reader of European Business Review – will find the seven contribution of this special issue of great intellectual interest and stimulation. We also hope that both scholars and practitioners will find them valuable.
